Addressing-machine.



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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Patented July 28, 1914.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

THE NORRIS PETERS C04. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. U.

S. O. COX.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 25, 1907.

1,105,323. Patented Jul 28, 1914 8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

S. G. 00X.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907- 1,105,323. Patented-July 28,1914.

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ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 t t July '23, 914;

Application filed June 25, 1907. Serial No. 380,723.

To all whom it may concern: 3

Be it known that T, SANDFORD C. Cox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing-Machines, of1 which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act specification.

This invention relates to machines for addressing and folding orwrapping newspapers and the like.

In addressing newspapers it is customary presence of some peculiar markalways appearing upon their particular paper.

With a view to the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment ofcertain larged detail plan view of the shoe and cir-' cuit closer alsoshowing its relation to the slugand slug carrier. Fig. 3 is a detailsection on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. i is a detail section on line 44,Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 55, Fig.2. Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail side elevation. of the marking apparatus partly insection on line 66, Fig. 7. Fig. 7 isa front elevation thereof partly invertical section online 77, Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged section onthe irregular section line 8-8, Fig. 1. H i

In Fig. 1 of the drawing are shown only those operations of theaddressingand wrapping machine as are necessary for an understand ng ofthe construct on and operati on of the improved town marker'or slugmarker.

constituting this invention. It is entirely immaterial so far as thisinvention is concerned what the particular form of addressing andwrapping machine may be but for the purposes of illustrating it has beendecided to show in this "application the form of addressing and folding.machine already illustrated. in Patent No. 1,033,232, issued to meJuly23,,1912. In *the addressing machine of such other application as inthe form here partially indicated the addresses to be prlnted on thenewspapers are contained on linotypes or slugs which while being printedfrom are contained in a slug carrier or wheel having a plurality ofpockets or seats for.

supporting or carrying the various slugs while they are successivelyprinted from during the rotation of the carrier. This carrierisindicated at -,1 and a plurality of the slugs atQ, 3 in Fig. 1arranged in their l seats, on the periphery of the carrier. =.The seatsfor these slugs are constituted by radially extending fixed jaws' l andpivotal jaws 5 which are provided with springs 6 or othersuitable meanscausing them to clampthe slugs against their fixed jaws 4. l Theimpression means for causing the paper I I to be addressed to receivethe imprint of the 1 slug as it is carried in this carrier have not ibeen shown as it is immaterial for the purposes of this invention.Suffice it to say 1 that after the paperhas been addressed by the slugsthe carrier or wheel 1 continues to grotate and carries the slugawayfromthe impression means, in this instance toward the-right as viewed inFig.1. After the papers are addressed theyiare folded and 'wrapped." Y ii The folding and wrapping means interposed between the addressing meansandthe marking means which will bepresently described, are entirelyimmaterial, but for the I purposes of this invention it may be assumedthat at or about the conclusion of the folding and fwrapping operationthe papers finally find their way into a. plurality of rotating clampsorqcarriers' 7, this being a feature of the particular wrapping and folding machine shown inthe aforesaid pend ing application and, from thispoint the papers, two of which are shown at ,8, are

ing and delivering rolls 9, 10, two pairs of such rolls being shown, andin this particular instance the rolls 10 are also provided with deliverytapes 11, forconducting the folded and wrapped paper away, the paperbeing caught between the two contiguous runs of the tapes as it leavesthe rollers 10 and it is at this time that it is preferable to placeupon the wrapper of the paper a mark which will distinguish thatparticular paper from the series which precede or follow it. Forillustration, that paper may be the last one of a series of papers thatgo to a certain town or belong to a certain club or it may be the firstone of such series, and consequently, if a mark be placed thereon itwill indicate one end of the series and if a similar mark be placed uponthe first paper of the next series the last said mark will indicate theother end of such series,-

and will enable the attendants to readily separate one series fromanother without having the name of the town printed on each of thepapers and without having to read that name even though it should beprinted thereon. To these ends a shield 12 is arranged contiguous to andparallel with one of the inner runs of the tapes 11 and over this shieldthe wrapped paper slides while being conducted away by the deliverytapes. The shield is formed with the aperture 13'and situated below thisaperture is a marking roller 14 or other suitable marking device whichrests when not in operation upon an inking roller 15 running in an inkfountain 16 so that when the roller 14 is raised through the aperture 13it will imprint a distinguishing mark upon the wrapper of the paperpassingover the shield 12. The shaft 17 of one of the rollers 10 isprovided with a tappet arm 18 arranged to strike one end of the pivotedlever 19 whose other end carries a springing pawl 20 arranged to engagea ratchet wheel 21 on shaft of the ink roller so that at everyrevolution of the tappet arm 18 a sufficiently inked surface will bepresented to the marking roller 14, the lever 19 being pulled downwardlyby spring 21 or other suitable meansx There are, of course, variousmeans by which the marking roller 14 may be caused to rise and engagethe paper at the proper time but this is preferably accomplishedelectrically and the electrical means are preferably actuated by theslugs themselves so that the slug which printed or ad dressed the paperto be marked will also actuate the marking means. With this objectinview the marking roller 14 is journaled in one end of the pivotedlever 22 whose other end is attached by suitable connection 23.with anelectro-responsive device such as a solenoid 24 and its core 25 whichwhen and engage the'paper and when denergized should it not fall bygravity will be pulled down by spring 26. The circuit through thesolenoid includes conductors 27, 28 and a source of electricity 29 andthese conductors are connected at their terminals with contacts 30, 31better shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the contact 31 being a spring contactwhich is normally out of engagement with its companion 30. The ends ofthe fixed jaws 4 of the slug wheel or carrier are all provided withslots or notches 32 arranged in a circle concentric with the center ofthe slug wheel and situated so as to engage in these slots or notches isa'curved shoe or runner 33, whose curvature is the same as the curvatureof the circular line of notches 32 so that as the wheel rotates, theshoe being stationary, the shoe will maintain a position against thefixed jaws 4 but at the inner ends of the notches unless otherwiseforced outward.

A detail of the particular relation between the fixed jaw 4 and the shoeis clearly shown I in Fig. 2, the inward position of the shoe orposition it assumes when forced into the notch 32 being indicated indotted lines. The slugs, however, are of such length that their endsproject beyond and overlap the notches 32 of the jaws and consequentlywhile the slugs are in position in the jaws they hold the shoe out ofthe notches 32 as shown on full lines in Fig. 2. Should one of the slugsbe notched also, like the jaw, however, the shoe will instantly springto its normal position shown in dotted lines. Therefore, if the slugbearing the address of the first paper belonging to a certain series heprovided with a notched end as indicated at 34 in slug 2 shown in Fig.1, the shoe 33 will move inward when that slug arrives and will returnagain to its outward position as soon as it passes, the end of the shoebeing beveled as shown at 35 to facilitate its riding upward or outwardagainst the unnotched slugs. This inward and outward motion of the shoe33 is utilized for opening and closing the circuit at the contacts 30,31. The shoe is maintained upon two guide stems 36, 37 supported inbrackets 38,39 and'sliding easily therein. On

each of the stems is secured a collar 40 and between these collars andthe bracket 39 are interposed springs 41- which tend to force the shoe33 into the notches 32 in the jaws and 34 in slugs. -The outer end ofone of these stems, the stem 36 for example, is provided'with a lug 42formed of a piece of insulation held in place by a collar 43 and sosituated that when the shoe moves inward the lug engages the springcontact 31 and presses it againstits companion contact 30, therebyclosing the circuit through the solenoid and actuating themarking roller14.-

It is, of course, unnecessary to explain in detail that the position ofthe shoe 33 with respect to the rotary travel of the slugs in the wheeland also with respect to the timing of the wrapping and foldingmechanism must be such that when the notched slug reaches the shoe, thepaper which has been addressed by that slug will have arrived inposition on the shield 12 to receive the mark when the solenoid isenergized and the roller 14L elevated.

While this machine is especially adapted for placing a mark upon thewrapper instead of directly upon the paper, it will, nevertheless, beunderstood that it would be no departure from the spirit of theinvention to address the papers and run them through the folder withoutwrappers and place the mark directly upon the folded paper asheretofore.

In order that the invention maybe understood ;by those skilled in theart, the details ofan exemplification thereof have been thusspecifically described, but

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means foraddressing papers, means for conveying the paper after it has beenaddressed, a marking mechanism for placing a mark upon the paper whileit is thus conveyed, said addressing means embodying means for holdingnotched and unnotched printing slugs, and

electrical connections whereby said marking means is caused to beactuated by the difference between the notched and unnotched slugs.

2. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means foraddressing papers, means for conveying the papers after they areaddressed, a marking means for placing a mark upon some of the paperswhile being thus conveyed, said addressing means embodying means forholding and carrying differently proportioned printing slugs, electricalmeans for actuating the said marking means and means controlled by thedifference in proportions of the slugs for controlling the saidelectrical means.

3. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means foraddressing papers embodying means for holding and carrying differentlyproportioned printing slugs, means for conveying the papers after theyare addressed by said slugs, a marking device for placing a mark uponsome of the papers while being thus conveyed, a shoe arranged to bearnormally against the slugs while being moved in the said carrying meansand adapted to be moved back and forth by the diiference of proportionsof the slugs, and electrical contacts and circuits for actuating saidmarking means as the shoe is thus moved.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

the combination of individual means differently proportioned withrespect to each other for addressing papers, means for fold ing andwrapping papers after they are addressed, a marking device for placing amark upon some of the papers arranged contiguous to the folding andwrapping means and embodying an electroresponsive device for causing itsactuation, and means actuated by the addressing means of certainproportion for closing the circuit through said electroresponsivedevice.

5. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination of means foraddressing the papers, means for wrapping the papers embodying means forconveying the papers away, a shield arranged contiguous to the paperconveying means and along which the paper moves, a marking rollerarranged contiguous to said shield for engaging the paper while passingthe shield, an electroresponsive device for moving the roller withrespect to the shield, a circuit for said electroresponsive device andmeans for closing said circuit by the addressing means.

6. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means foraddressing the papers, means for wrapping the papers embodying means forconveying the papers, a marking roller arranged contiguous to theconveying means, an ink roller forinking said marking roller having aratchet, a pawl engaging said ratchet, a lever for actuating said pawl,a tappet for oscillating the said lever, an electroresponsive device formoving said marking roller with relation to the line of movement of thepaper, an addressing means for addressing the papers, and means forclosing the circuit through the electroresponsive device by theaddressing means.

7. In a machine for the purpose described the combination of means foraddressing papers embodying means for holding'and carrying differentlyproportioned printing Washington, D. 0.

